Upcoming Consultant Contract Detail

Status: Closed: Selected

Consultant SelectedCDM Smith, Inc.

Notice is hereby given by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, that consultant services will be utilized for traffic engineering services. The work will generally consist of roadway lighting contract plan development for the following project:

State Project U335-70-5.80 00; Federal Project HSIP-0070(159)D, I-70 Roadway Lighting Installation in Ohio County. This project involves contract plan development for the installation of new roadway lighting on I-70 from the Elm Grove-Triadelphia Interchange to the Dallas Pike Interchange

Method of payment shall be lump sum.

A single firm will be selected for this project.

Firms interested in being considered for this project must submit a Letter of Interest and unpriced prospectus to Mrs. Cindy Cramer, Director, Traffic Engineering Division, Division of Highways, Building 5, Room A-550 at 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430 prior to 4:00 p.m. February 28, 2011.

As a minimum, the prospectus shall include the following evaluation information factors:

Professional qualifications necessary for consideration and satisfactory performance of the required work and as a minimum, shall have a professional engineer licensed by the State of West Virginia. That person shall be located within the office where the work is to be performed, and shall demonstrate sufficient past experience performed for the State of West Virginia, Department of Highways, related to design and plan development to be provided. This individual shall be the person-in-charge overseeing the work and must be readily accessible to the Department, preferably located in-state.

Consideration shall be given to specialized experience and technical competence. Specialized experience shall focus on the qualifications of the staff working on the project with emphasis placed on individual specialized expertise required for the project. As a minimum, the firm shall provide a Résumé of those individuals who will be committed to the needs of the project. Strong considerations will be based on the professional and non-professional staff specialized experience and technical competence stationed within the office were the work is to be performed.

Capacity consideration shall be made on the firm’s ability to accomplish the work within the Department’s required schedule time frame; personnel dedicated to perform such work.

Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules.

Location shall be based on the geographic location of Consultant’s office relative to the project site along with past experience and knowledge of the area where the project site is located with the significant importance being given to accessibility of the office location relative to the Department.

In addition to the above evaluation factors, the prospectus shall include, as a minimum, the following items:

A completed copy of the Division’s Consultant Confidential Qualification Questionnaire, if not already on file. It must specifically indicate the staff levels by classification located in-state vs. out-of-state. It must also indentify the person in-charge overseeing the work that holds a valid professional licensed issued by the West Virginia Board of Professional Engineers. This CCQQ must be on file with the Engineering Division.

Location of office or office(s) in which the work, or part of the work, will be performed.

Identification of subconsultants by name as to the type of work anticipated to be subcontracted or performed, if proposed as part of the design team.

Indication of whether a cost accounting system has been maintained and is in effect such that it is capable of segregating and identifying accumulating costs for each job that is performed under cost type projects.

Completed copy of the Division’s “Consultant Short List Selection Criteria Technical Evaluation” form limited to a single page of data. One loose leaf copy of the form is to accompany the bound unpriced prospectus. Cross referencing on this form to other parts of the prospectus is not acceptable.

A copy of a valid “Certificate of Authorization” to offer Engineering, Surveying or other related services within the state, issued by the appropriate West Virginia Board.

A single “Letter of Qualification” and unpriced prospectus is required and must contain all of the above information required to be considered. Failure to provide the required information and/or insufficient information will cause disqualification and the prospectus will be returned. All evaluation factors as noted herein before will be given equal consideration in the selection process, unless a project specific weighting of the evaluation factors is shown in the Notice for Consulting Services.

Prior to entering into any contract negotiations, the selected firm and any subconsultants shall submit a current audited overhead rate computation performed by a State or Federal government agency or independent CPA firm. The submitted overhead audit shall contain a detailed exhibit of the computations with all applicable eliminations and references. The audit shall be done in accordance with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States and all eliminations required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations will be made. This requirement will be waived for the selected firm or any subconsultant when its portion of the fee for the project is less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). In such instances, a company computed overhead rate may be utilized.

It is the policy of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, that Disadvantaged and Women-owned Business Enterprises shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts financed in whole or in part with Federal funds.